Stolz Files Application for Review of Entercom/CBS
CBS lacks basic character qualifications and shouldn’t have been allowed to sell CBS Radio, said Edward Stolz in his latest appeal on Entercom’s buy of CBS Radio, which the FCC Media Bureau approved last month (see 1711090067). Stolz's numerous previous…
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appeals of decisions on the deal have been rejected, and his latest application for review resurrects a previously rejected argument (see 1709110047). CBS engaged in what President Donald Trump “called ‘fake news,’" in 2017, and therefore violated the FCC’s character requirements to own a broadcast license, Stolz’s latest application said. Because of that character issue, the deal shouldn’t have been approved and Entercom’s licenses should have been designated for hearing, Stolz said. His previous appeals were rejected for a lack of standing. CBS didn’t comment.